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System and method for extending billing services to applications on a carrier's network

a billing service and carrier network technology, applied in the field of system and method for extending billing services to applications on the carrier network, can solve the problem that current messaging applications do not give services providers this flexibility, and achieve the effect of reducing the amount of effort required

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-01-13
OPENWAVE SYST
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"The present invention provides a system and method for a Billing Extension Module that can be used to extend a carrier's application's support for real-time billing events. The module allows a carrier to define what occurs at the beginning and end of an event, and can handle both pre-paid and post-paid accounts. The module is adaptable to different back-end real-time servers and CDR encoding rules. The invention provides a generic interface that can be used by any application and minimizes the effort required to adapt it to a carrier's environment. The technical effects of the invention include improved billing flexibility, improved user experience, and improved operational efficiency."

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Current messaging applications do not give services providers this flexibility.

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FIG. 1 illustrates a system incorporating one embodiment of the present invention. The invention provides a mechanism for Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) providers to configure which messaging operations should be charged to subscribers. For example, service provider 100 may select a predefined set of billable operations, such as sending a message or receiving a message, and the subscribers will be billed when those operations are preformed. Billing Extension Module (BEM) 101 provides billing functionality to Mobile Messaging Service Center (MMSC) 102 in the service provider's network. BEM 101 also provides a point of integration with third-party billing systems. Service provider 101 uses MMSC 102 to process and route MMS messages for subscribers.

Billable operations are associated with billing triggers that can be configured as either active or inactive. When a subscriber's message flow reaches a billable operation that has been associated with an active trigger, subscriber tran...

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Abstract

The present invention provides a generic extension module, such as a billing extension module, that can be used to extend a carrier's application's support for real-time billing events. Billing events are triggered around billable operations in the carrier's application, such as the operation to accept a message that was submitted to a server or the operation to deliver a message. The start of an event is triggered before the operation is performed and the end of the event is triggered after the operation is performed. An application can trigger the same event for different operations. Each billing event has associated with it a billing record that has data about the operation and that can be used to charge for the operation that triggered the event. Events can also be linked together if charges are based on the execution of related operations.

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BACKGROUND With the development of the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS), mobile messaging has evolved beyond the mobile-to-mobile text messages of the Short Message Serve (SMS) to more advanced messaging systems that allow subscribers to exchange more complex messages with a wider group of users. In addition to plain text, MMS messages may contain a combination of images, graphics, and audio and video clips. MMS can be used to send multimedia messages between wireless devices, such as mobile telephones, or between a wireless device and an e-mail account. Users can send pictures, photos, speech and audio from any wireless devices, including a mobile telephone, Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) or Personal Computer (PC). As mobile messaging becomes more popular, service providers need the capability to bill for these messaging services in real-time. Service providers also need a system that allows them to select mobile messaging operations that should be billed and to select which ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04L29/08H04M15/00H04M17/00H04M17/02
CPCH04M15/00H04M15/41H04M15/51H04M15/53H04M17/00H04M17/026H04L67/02H04M2215/0172H04M2215/2026H04M2215/32H04M2215/54H04W4/24H04M2215/0164
Inventor EAR, CHENGLIM
Owner OPENWAVE SYST
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